What is your Ghanaian Akan name?

[Koba St]

In Ghana the Akan tribe name their kids according to what day of the week they were born:


Monday:
Kojo/Adwoa (boy/girl)

Tuesday:
Kwabena/Abena

Wednesday:
Kwaku/Akua

Thursday:
Yaw/Yaa

Friday:
Kofi/Afua

Saturday:
Kwame/Ama

Sunday:
Kwesi/Akosua

My traditional Ghanaian name is Kwame as I was born in a Saturday. Which is what everyone calls me. So what’s yours?

The Akan people use the Kwa language group’s system of timekeeping, which is based on a six-day week (‘nnanson‘), with the seventh day inclusive. In Ashanti homes, Sunday-born males and females are named Kwasi or Kwesi and Akosua respectively (meaning ‘associated with the universe’); Monday-born are Kwadwo or Kojo, Adjoa or Adwoa (meaning ‘associated with peace’); Tuesday-born are Kwabena or Kobi, Abena (meaning ‘associated with the ocean’); Wednesday-born Kwaku or Kweku, Akua (meaning ‘associated with spider/Ananse’); Thursday-born Yaw, Yaa ( meaning ‘associated with the earth’); Friday-born Kofi, Afia or Afua (meaning ‘associated with fertility’); and Saturday-born Kwame, Ama (meaning ‘associated with God’).

 

[Ain't That Something]

You want my social too bruh

 

[Koba St]

You want my social too bruh

Explain to me how I will use your fake Ghanaian name to determine your real name and therefore use that to steal your credit card info.

 

[TheKongoEmpire]

Ata Pinyin Akwesi Tano

 

[Apollo Creed]

I’m Mande

 

[Freedman]

Kwabena

 

[humminbird]

Kojo

 

[Lord_nikon]

Kwabena

 

[old pig]

yaw??????

I don’t feel like a yaw

 

[humminbird]

What do these mean?

 

[EndGame]

Mines Kwabena. I've met Nigerians who are straight up named after days of the week like Sunday, Monday etc

 

[Mastamimd]

I’m Mande

Me too partially, in addition to other tribes

 

[Koba St]

What do these mean?

The Akan people use the Kwa language group’s system of timekeeping, which is based on a six-day week (‘nnanson‘), with the seventh day inclusive. In Ashanti homes, Sunday-born males and females are named Kwasi or Kwesi and Akosua respectively (meaning ‘associated with the universe’); Monday-born are Kwadwo or Kojo, Adjoa or Adwoa (meaning ‘associated with peace’); Tuesday-born are Kwabena or Kobi, Abena (meaning ‘associated with the ocean’); Wednesday-born Kwaku or Kweku, Akua (meaning ‘associated with spider/Ananse’); Thursday-born Yaw, Yaa ( meaning ‘associated with the earth’); Friday-born Kofi, Afia or Afua (meaning ‘associated with fertility’); and Saturday-born Kwame, Ama (meaning ‘associated with God’).

Associated with God

 

[Prynce]

Kwabena